The ambitious plan to build a Minecraft version of Australia

If anything, projects like these can be interesting time capsules in the future, both preserving the city itself and providing some clues about which landmarks were most detailed, and which parts of those landmarks were so detailed.

One thing that comes to mind is UC Berkeley's "Blockeley"[1] server a bunch of students built in the same vein. Some very specific parts of campus are insanely detailed; the V&A Cafe even has furniture where most buildings are hollow facades.

It's also interesting as a virtual meetup environment... at Berkeley, the official graduation this year was even held in the Minecraft server.

[1]: https://www.blockeley.com/